For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

An image released from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a rare perspective of Earth 180 million miles away on Mars.

Placing a mass driver on the moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up so many ...

Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...

Pieces of the asteroid Bennu ... analysis taps into the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences’ history of handling samples from planetary missions dating back to Apollo missions to ...

NASA is preparing to monitor several asteroids, including 2024 TB2, 2007 UT3, and the larger 2020 WG, as they make safe passes by Earth from October 26 to ... the groundbreaking discovery of the first ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

recently spotted a small asteroid that will temporarily orbit Earth during October and November, essentially becoming a mini moon. While that asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will come as close as about ...

NASA is tracking two asteroids passing near Earth soon ... move beyond the Moon’s orbit. Scientists look forward to studying its structure and composition. The second asteroid, 2007 UT3 ...

A city-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth this October and it is set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 Ganymed, it is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids with a ...